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German Chancellor and leader of Germany’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Friedrich Merz addresses a press conference, one day after state elections in Berlin and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania in Berlin on September 21, 2026. (Jens SCHLUETER/AFP)
September 21, 2026, 7:24 pm
Merz defiant after huge defeats in 2 state elections, says Germany’s ‘democratic future’ at stake, Jewish life ‘no longer safe’
Leading far-right candidate predicts chancellor ‘won’t make it to the end of the year’; Merz cancels trip to UN, as his junior coalition partner says ‘things can’t go on’
By Frank Zeller
US tech billionaire and businessman Elon Musk (L) is seen on a large screen as Alice Weidel, co-leader of Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, addresses an election campaign rally in Halle, eastern Germany on January 25, 2025. (AFP)
February 16, 2025, 3:47 pm
Germany’s far-right AfD party, shunned by Berlin, basks in Elon Musk’s spotlight
Billionaire Trump confidant insults Chancellor Scholz and lavishes endorsements on far-right party, which commands some 20% in polls, as Germany barrels toward Feb. 23 election
By Frank Zeller and Femke COLBORNE
A member of the Syrian community has painted a heart in the colors of Syria on her cheek as she attends a rally on December 8, 2024 in Berlin, Germany, to celebrate the end of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad's rule. (Ralf Hirschberger/AFP)
December 9, 2024, 4:12 am
Syrians across Europe barely able to contain their joy at Assad’s downfall
In cities including Berlin, London, Istanbul and Athens, opposition supporters take to the streets to celebrate: ‘We’re happy. The dictatorship is over. Assad has gone’
By Céline LE PRIOUX and Frank Zeller
US President Joe Biden walks over to speak with reporters at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland, July 15, 2024, as he heads to Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
October 17, 2024, 4:01 pm
Biden to visit Germany for talks with Scholz, Macron and Starmer on Ukraine, Mideast
US president will make whirlwind trip after original meeting postponed due to Hurricane Milton
By Frank Zeller
Supporters of Iranian ultraconservative presidential candidate Ebrahim Raisi carry posters bearing his portrait and wave national flags as they attend a rally in the capital Tehran, on June 16, 2021, ahead of the Islamic republic's June 18 presidential election. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP)
June 17, 2021, 5:59 am
Iran hardliner headed for presidency as election rivals pull out
Three of seven approved candidates drop out days before Friday’s vote, leaving ultraconservative cleric Ebrahim Raisi almost certain to win
By Marc Jourdier and Frank Zeller
Bjoern Hoecke, top co-candiate for Thuringian state elections of the far-right AfD (Alternative for Germany) party, reacts to the first forecasts of the results of the state elections in Thuringia, at the federal state parliament in Erfurt, eastern Germany, on October 27, 2019. (Christof Stache / various sources / AFP)
October 27, 2019, 8:49 pm
Germany’s far-right AfD more than doubles its power in eastern heartland vote
Party candidate Bjoern Hoecke, an extremist who called Berlin Holocaust memorial a ‘monument of shame,’ comes second to far-left Ramelow, beats Merkel’s party
By Julien GATHELIER and Frank Zeller
An election campaign rally for Alternative for Germany, or AfD, for the Saxony state elections in Bautzen, Germany, August 15, 2019. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
September 1, 2019, 2:12 pm
Far-right surge expected in east German state elections
Euroskeptic, anti-immigration AfD’s gains in former Communist areas could destabilize Angela Merkel’s fragile coalition with Social Democrats
By Frank Zeller
People attend a far-right demonstration in Chemnitz, eastern Germany, September 7, 2018 (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)
August 22, 2019, 8:57 pm
Syrian sentenced for deadly German knifing that sparked far-right protests
Alaa Sheikhi, 24, whose murder of Daniel Hillig on August 26, 2018, led to extremist rallies against Muslim immigration, gets 9.5 years in prison
By Andrea HENTSCHEL and Frank Zeller
German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) and US Vice President Mike Pence shake hands at a photo call during the 55th Munich Security Conference on February 16, 2019. (Sven Hoppe / dpa / AFP)
February 16, 2019, 7:16 pm
Trump-era US, Europe rift wide open at Munich security talks
EU leaders voice dismay at Trump decisions deemed hostile NATO allies, as Merkel warns against erosion of multilateral cooperation to tackle global problems
By Frank Zeller
Illustrative: A man shows a kippa during the 'Berlin wears kippa' event on April 25, 2018. (AFP/Tobias Schwartz)
February 13, 2019, 3:12 pm
Germany anti-Semitic offenses rise sharply in 2018, mostly from far-right
Last year saw 1,646 incidents motivated by hatred against Jews, government says, also citing 60% increase in violent attacks
By Frank Zeller
Police secure the area outside the New Twelve Apostle Churchyard where the funeral multiple offender Nidal Rabih takes place in Berlin, on September 13, 2018. (Paul Zinken / dpa / AFP)
December 18, 2018, 9:32 am
Notorious Berlin crime families target refugees for new recruits
German police say capital’s clans, of Lebanese origin, are drafting young male asylum seekers to sell drugs and carry out robberies
By Yannick Pasquet and Frank Zeller
Supporters of the governing Christian Social Union, CSU, react after the first exit polls for the Bavarian state election in Munich, southern Germany, October 14, 2018. (Michel Kappeler/ dpa via AP)
October 14, 2018, 11:53 pm
Merkel’s Bavarian allies suffer historic election losses
Far-right Alternative for Germany wins 11 percent of state vote and enters 15th of Germany’s 16 state assemblies
By Ralf ISERMANN and Frank Zeller
German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends a joint press conference as part of a meeting with Slovenia's Prime Minister Marjan Sarec at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, October 12, 2018. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)
October 14, 2018, 11:08 am
Merkel allies face threat of election debacle as far-right rises in Bavaria
Christian Social Union, which has ruled southern state since 1960s, could lose its absolute majority in Sunday’s vote after sharp fall in polls to AfD over Muslim immigration
By Frank Zeller
Hans Albers, representative of the civil society, Ludger Volmer, former spokesman of the Greens, Bernd Stegemann, author and dramaturge, Simone Lange, Mayor of Flensburg and Sahra Wagenknecht of the far-left Die Linke party attend a press conference on the new left-wing cross-party political grouping "Stand up" (Aufstehen) in Berlin on September 4, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / Tobias SCHWARZ)
September 5, 2018, 9:38 am
German leftist ‘Stand Up’ movement vows to win back far-right voters
Alliance, launched a week after violent far-right protests in Chemnitz, is compared by some to those of Bernie Sanders in the US and the UK’s Jeremy Corbyn
By Frank Zeller
Riot police cross the street as a city festival is cancelled on August 26, 2018 in Chemnitz, eastern Germany, after a 35-year-old German national dies in hospital following a 'dispute between several people of different nationalities,' according to the police. (AFP Photo/dpa/Andreas Seidel)
August 29, 2018, 9:04 pm
Saxony police under fire after German far-right mob violence
Officers said to leak secret information to extremist groups, helping spark ‘pogrom-like’ protest in Chemnitz where extremists hunted down immigrants in the streets
By Frank Zeller
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